Parkland College

Psychology

Program Code: SPSY AA

Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Minimum graduation requirement — 60 semester hours

To transfer as a junior into a baccalaureate psychology program, students must complete a minimum of 60 semester credits. Freshmen and sophomores who plan to major in psychology are encouraged to fulfill general education requirements with foundation courses in the sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, and anatomy and physiology) and mathematics (e.g., college algebra, calculus, and statistics). The number of psychology courses taken at Parkland should be kept to a minimum. Students are strongly encouraged to complete an Associate in Arts degree prior to transfer. Since admission is competitive, completion of the recommended courses does not guarantee admission.

Students should plan their transfer programs with a Parkland academic advisor or counselor and the catalog of the four-year college or university they plan to attend.

Requirements

Credit Hours

Required General Education Core Courses (38 hours)

Communications (9)
    ENG 101Composition I
    ENG 102 Composition II
    SPE 101 Introductory Speech Communication


3
3
3

Social/Behavioral Sciences electives
   Choose from two or more subject areas.

9

Humanities/Fine Arts electives (9)

  

   Fine Arts elective

3

   Humanities or Fine Arts electives

6

   One course from Soc/Beh Sci, Hum, or FA must fulfill the non-Western culture requirement

 

Mathematics elective

3-6

Physical Sciences elective

4

Life Sciences elective

4
 

Required Psychology Prerequisite Course (4 hours)

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology

4
 

Required Psychology Core Courses (9 hours)
A maximum of three courses beyond PSY 101 from the following are guaranteed for transfer credit under the following conditions: If the receiving institution offers the course as a lowerdivision course, then course-for-course transfer is guaranteed; if the receiving institution does not offer the course, or does not offer the course at the lower level, the student will receive elective, lower-division, psychology credit for the course.

Choose one course from the following (3 hours):

PSY 103 Introduction to Adult Development and Aging

3

PSY 207 Introduction to Child Psychology

3

PSY 208 Adolescent Psychology

3

PSY 209 Human Growth and Development

3

Choose two courses from the following (6 hours):

  

PSY 201 Psychology of Personality

3

PSY 203 Abnormal Psychology

3

PSY 205 Introduction to Social Psychology

3

PSY 222 Industrial and Organizational Psychology

3
 

A.A. Degree Requirement (3 hours)

 

LAS 189 Introduction to the Liberal Arts and Sciences

3
 

General Electives (6-8 hours)

 

General electives

     6-8

Total Semester Credit Hours

60

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